orderly
pronunciation
How to pronounce orderly in British English:
UK [ˈɔːdəli]
How to pronounce orderly in American English:
US [ˈɔːrdərli]
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- Noun:
- a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
- a male hospital attendant who has general non-medical duties
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- Adjective:
- devoid of violence or disruption
- according to custom or rule or natural law
- not haphazard
- marked by or adhering to method or system
- marked by system or regularity or discipline
- marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
Word Origin
- orderly (adv.)
- late 15c., "in due order," from order + -ly (2).
- orderly (adj.)
- "arranged in order," 1570s, from order (n.) + -ly (1).
- orderly (n.)
- "military attendant who carries orders," 1781, short for orderly corporal, etc. Extended 1809 to an attendant at a hospital (originally a military hospital) charged with keeping things in order and clean. See orderly (adj.).
Synonym
steward messenger aid nurse's attendant assistant hospital servant batman factotum underling staff runner
well-mannered civil pacific thoughtful quiet irenic self-controlled placid gentle mild serene peaceful mannerly non-violent yielding submissive non-resisting law-abiding tranquil dutiful well-behaved considerate restrained obedient
Example
- 1. The government should allow orderly dissolution for dying businesses .
- 2. Keep all areas of life neat and orderly .
- 3. The time-sweepers are , by their very nature , a tidy and orderly sort of people .
- 4. Parties have strong brands which make elections more orderly .
- 5. A proposal for an orderly euro zone exit ; the prize ?